Legal Opinion
Clark v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1918No. 3201PublishedCited by 10 opinions
In E'rror to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas; Gordon Russell, Judge. Marion Clark was convicted of violating Act Eeb. 14, 1917, c. 64, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BATTS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error was convicted under the act of Congress of February 14, 1917, for the use of the following language, alleged by the indictment to have been with reference to the President:
“Wilson is a wooden-headed son of a bitch. I wish Wilson was in hell, and if I had the power I would put him there.”
A motion to quash the indictment was properly overruled. United States v. Stickrath (D. C.) 242 Fed. 151.
The judgment is affirmed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. StickrathDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1917
3Cited by10 opinions
- United States v. Mary Frances CarrierCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Robert Watts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Ragansky v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1918
- People v. BrooksCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994
- Reid v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
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